Education

• Ph.D., Dept. of Aesthetics and Logic, Aalborg University, 1999
• Studies at Dept. of Comparative Literature, Bergen University (Norway), fall 1993 and at The Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University, spring 1997

Employments

• 1995-99, Ph.D. fellowship, Dept. of Aesthetics and Logic, Aalborg University
• 1999-2003, Adjunkt (Assistant Professor), Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark
• 2003-2012 Lektor (Associate Professor). Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark 
• 2010 Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• 2012-19 Head of Department, Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark
• 2013-19 Head of Campus, campus Kolding
• 2019- Head of Department, Department for the Study of Culture

Administration, Project Management, Editorial Positions

• Director of the Center for Narratological Studies, SDU, 2003-13
• Deputy Head, Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, SDU, 2007-09
• Head, The Graduate School in Literature, Aesthetics and Culture, SDU 2009-12
• Member of the steering committee for The European Narratology Network (ENN), treasurer, and of the Nordic Network of Narrative Studies, 2009-13
• Chairman for the ENN 2011-13
• Member of executive council for The International Society for the Study of Narrative.
• Director of Danish research Council project: New Point of Views on the Narrator. Narratological Perspectives, 2005-7
• Administrator for NORDLIKS, Nordplus network (Nordisk Ministerråd), 2002-04
• Co-editor of the Danish periodical K&K. Kultur & Klasse, 1999-13; 2018-.
• Series editor for Writings from the Center for Narratological Studies, 2005-

Misc.

• Chair, Damusa - Dansk Musikskolesammenslutning, 2011-15.
• Board member, Munkensdam Gymnasium, 2014-; chair, 2018-.

• Narrative and narratology (character, unreliable narration, simultaneous narration, possible world theory, transmedial narrative, storytelling)
• 20th Century literature - Danish, Norwegian, English.
• Literary realism
• Filmstudies (narration, musicals)
• Fairy-tale studies

Narratology, narrative, storytelling, narration, counter narrative, literary theory, minimalism, realism, character, musicals, Danish literature, Norwegian literature, 20th century literature, corporate communication, fairy tales.